I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.(Psalms 34:1)
As I read the post by Dr.Johnson I am reminded how significant music and song are such an integral part of praise and worship. Dr. Johnson reiterated the lyric from Stevie Wonder's song, " I just called to say I love you." My mind quickly went to another song by Stevie Wonder, "Heaven Help Us All."
Both songs are inspirational that express how we can simply express our love for the Father through Jesus Christ. He told us that He loves us by never leaving or forsaking us. That is love that most people can't or won't put into action. Most people have so many judgements or predisposed notions and can't give that unconditional love that is given freely from Jesus Christ.
The song Heaven Help Us All is an incredible call to God and Jesus as we continue to try to deal with the hatred, economic issues, racism, political crisis, family concerns, marriages, death, etc. In these situations we must look to heaven to help us get through another day. The lyrics to Heaven Help Us All depicts many issues and we must adhere to the words of Psalmist when he said in:
Psalms 121:1-I will lift up my eyes to the hills,From whence comes my help. My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
David is talking about looking to heaven. It is interesting that most people bow their heads when they pray to God. Jesus always looked up to heaven as David did. I assert, we should look up to the heavens when we are praising or pettioning to the Lord. I will let the lyrics from Heaven Help Us All speak to us as we continue to lift up the name of Jesus:
Heaven Help Us All
Heaven help the child who never had a home,
Heaven help the girl who walks the street alone
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall,
Heaven help us all.
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day,
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away,
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl,
Heaven help us all.
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all, help us all.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call
Oh, yeah!
Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one,
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun.
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall,
Lord, Heaven help us all.
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all, heaven help us all, help us all.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call.
Now I lay me down before I go to sleep.
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep, keep hatred from the mighty,
And the mighty from the small,
Heaven help us all.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
Heaven help us all.
May the Lord add a blessing to the words of this song, Amen.
Comments
This is a great post and we must continue to praise and worship God, not only in song, but in the keys of our life. Our living should be in tuned and on key when it comes to our service. These are powerful lyrics by Stevie Wonder and like Mr. Wonder, we remember these lyrics and apply them to our lives. If heaven does not help us, we are doomed for destruction. The God of heaven,.please help us. Great post.